CHARTER.
And we doe further for vs our heires and successors give and grant to the
said governor and the Great and Generall Court or Assembly of our said
province or territory for the time being full power and authority from
time to time to make ordaine and establish all manner of wholsome and
reasonable orders laws statutes and ordinances directions and instructions
either with penalties or without (soe as the same be not repugnant or
contrary to the lawes of this our realme of England) as they shall judge
to be for the good and welfare of our said province or territory and for
the gouernment and ordering thereof and of the people inhabiting or who
shall inhabit the same and for the necessary support and defence of the
government thereof.
CONSTITUTION.
And further, full power and authority are hereby given and granted to the
said General Court, from time to time, to make, ordain, and establish, all
manner of wholesome and reasonable orders, laws, statutes, and ordinances,
directions and instructions, either with penalties or without; so as the
same be not repugnant or contrary to this constitution, as they shall
judge to be for the good and welfare of this commonwealth, and for the
government and ordering thereof, and of the subjects of the same, and for
the necessary support and defence of the government thereof.
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